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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 23, 1999
Shintaro Murata, Nagoya, JP;
Tatsuyuki Honda, Nishio, JP;
Toshihiro Kondo, Okazaki, JP;
Teruki Kamimura, Okazaki, JP;
Other;
Abstract
An apparatus for breaking chips into fragments, including an outer structure which is fixedly provided such that a center line of the outer structure is parallel to a reference direction having a vertical component, an inner structure which is provided inside the outer structure such that the inner structure is concentric with the outer structure, a rotary drive device which rotates, in a rotating direction, the inner structure about the center line, and the inner structure including a central portion which is concentric with the outer structure, and a plurality of blades which extend radially outwardly from an outer circumferential surface of the central portion and each of which is inclined relative to the rotating direction such that a lower surface of the each blade can be seen as viewed from a downstream side of the each blade in the rotating direction.